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Capsule Computers was founded in July of 2009.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.capsulecomputers.com.au\u002F",78,{"id":105,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":106,"author":107,"original_score":114,"normalized_score":115,"review_url":116,"review_date":92,"summary":117,"created_at":118,"updated_at":118,"author_id":108,"last_edited_at":118,"outlet":119},45821,62,{"id":108,"bio":26,"name":109,"avg_score":110,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":111,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":112,"claim_token":26,"article_count":113,"claimed_by_user_id":26},3984,"Jonny Vito",78.57142857142857,"2025-01-18T11:40:30.608808-05:00","2025-01-18T12:37:53.073576-05:00",14,"6.5",65,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.psu.com\u002Freviews\u002Fflockers-review-sheep-thrills\u002F","Overly familiar and lacking variation, Flockers still manages to embrace that one-more-go mentality with its semi-addictive blend of strategy and sheep culling.","2025-01-18T12:36:23.986495-05:00",{"id":106,"logo":120,"name":121,"slug":122,"tags":71,"bluesky":26,"twitter":123,"youtube":26,"facebook":26,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":124,"website_url":125,"score_format":45,"average_score":103,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":126,"stats_updated_at":127,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":128,"active_authors_count":129,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":130,"published_reviews_count":131},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPlaystation-Universe-Logo.jpg","Playstation Universe","playstation-universe","PSUdotcom","PS4, PSVR and PS5 news, reviews, previews, features, guides, podcasts & more from the largest independent PlayStation site in the world.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.psu.com\u002F","2025-07-16","2025-07-16T14:07:29.894888",4,9,46,486,{"id":133,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":134,"author":135,"original_score":141,"normalized_score":142,"review_url":143,"review_date":144,"summary":145,"created_at":146,"updated_at":146,"author_id":136,"last_edited_at":146,"outlet":147},46683,67,{"id":136,"bio":26,"name":137,"avg_score":138,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":139,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":140,"claim_token":26,"article_count":128,"claimed_by_user_id":26},4064,"Emma H. 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We are Pure Xbox.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.purexbox.com\u002F",74,{"id":159,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":160,"author":161,"original_score":169,"normalized_score":142,"review_url":170,"review_date":144,"summary":171,"created_at":172,"updated_at":172,"author_id":162,"last_edited_at":173,"outlet":174},17217,8,{"id":162,"bio":26,"name":163,"avg_score":164,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":165,"profile_id":166,"updated_at":167,"claim_token":26,"article_count":168,"claimed_by_user_id":166},1111,"Dan Whitehead",63.07692307692308,"2024-11-27T14:47:24.718082-05:00","dba6bff0-3359-485d-ae9d-75f38a5b2e3f","2025-03-08T01:04:17.915-05:00",43,"6\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurogamer.net\u002Fflockers-review","Much like the recent MouseCraft, which at least had a Tetris twist, Flockers struggles to move out of the shadow cast by Lemmings' brilliantly pure concept. 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